Dr. Alan Castel

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Huberman Lab · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan Castel · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

they have a career shift.

You know, I saw my dad go from being a theoretical physics professor to being an editor of a literary arts journal.

And it's like such a shift, but I think it revived him and allowed him to kind of like, you've gone from being a professor to kind of more public outreach.

And that keeps people going and that can happen again at 60 or 70.

And so I hope, you know, there's not this, you know, there's certainly age discrimination.

You're not gonna hire a 70 year old to run your IT department.

But I think there are things that older adults can and want to do that will kind of lead to this sense of purpose, which is really important as you get older.

I think people often will say in business too, the plan you have.

And I think plans are important because they can motivate you.

And when I first got this job at UCLA, I was thrilled to leave the cold weather of Toronto and live on the West Coast.

But I also said, you know,

If it doesn't work out, let's see in three to five years.

I don't think I had this specific plan of I have to do this, but I also had a plan like, hey, I'd love to write a book that is accessible and can kind of

capture the lessons I've learned.

I didn't put a timeline on that, but when I first met my wife, I told her I was really interested in doing this and she was very encouraging.

And 10 years later, that book finally comes out.

So I think when you articulate plans, there's definitely research saying that you can realize them.

And when other people are thinking that's something you can or should do, I think it's beneficial.

Yeah, in the academic world, there can be pressures to get grants and publish, but I think that can also hamper some creative outputs.

I don't have a plan of like, in three to five years, I need to do this and this, and it sure would be nice to get another grant, but...

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